What were the White Walkers doing in the Lands of Always Winter?Image: hbo Beware, for this post is dark and full of spoilers for Game of Thrones Seasons 1-7. Valar morghulis, friends. You’ve just entered Mashable’s Citadel, where we are Rewatching for the Throne, dissecting Game of Thrones season by season to prepare for the final six episodes beginning on April 14. SEE ALSO: Everything to remember from ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 1 Here are all the best Season 4 theories, unanswered questions, unresolved plots, and forgotten tidbits you need…

Daenerys Targaryen's dragons are in the spotlight.Image: hbo Sadly, Game of Thrones isn’t returning until April 2019, but if you’re in the mood for some show- related news to hold you over, we’ve got you covered. Brett Ratcliffe, a University of Nebraska entomologist and professor, decided to name three of his eight newly discovered beetle species after Game of Thrones characters. How fun! According to The Omaha World-Herald, Ratcliffe named the three species of beetles — each from the Gymnetis genus — after Daenerys Targaryen’s three dragons: Drogon, Rhaegal, and…

Kit Harington may have moved on from one major franchise to another, but he just brought them together in a pretty adorable spoof. Harington did a fake audition for an “Untitled Fantasy TV Drama” along with his How to Train Your Dragon co-star Toothless. Harington included some serious jabs at his role in Game of Thrones, the beautiful brooding bastard from the North, Jon Snow. “I’m a little confused about my part, really,” Harington tells Toothless between scenes. “First I’m dead, then I’m not. No one knows who my mother…

Image: hbo In the very first scene of Game of Thrones’ mammoth saga, viewers were confronted with a haunting reality—the people of The Seven Kingdoms have way bigger fish to fry than some spiteful infighting. The Night King’s army of the dead has been teased endlessly since then. Countless speeches about the importance of The Wall and numerous promises of something much worse to come have more than belabored the point. Now, with the series finale just around the corner, it’s time to get this show on the road. And…

Who knew the world of Westeros actually has some pretty bomb recipes? Thanks to this new video from Binging with Babish, we get a look at the pinnacle of culinary greatness that is direwolf bread from the Game of Thronesuniverse. This baked good was first introduced in the show’s fourth season when the young baker Hot Pie gives Brienne of Tarth a loaf of bread in the shape of a direwolf meant for Arya Stark. The YouTube chef extraordinaire behind Binging with Babish takes on this recipe, with a little…

Image: hbo Game of Thrones won the Emmy for most outstanding drama series Monday at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards. The seventh season of Game of Thrones won the series its third Emmy in the category. It was the show’s second Emmy of the evening, after Peter Dinklage’s win for his role as Tyrion Lannister. SEE ALSO: Emmy Awards 2018: Here’s a list of all the winners Game of Thrones beat out The Americans, The Crown, The Handmaid’s Tale, Stranger Things, This is Us, and Westworld. Each season of Game…

Image: HELEN SLOAN/HBO Maisie Williams, a.k.a. Arya Stark, has officially said goodbye to Game of Thrones. On Saturday morning, the actress announced she’d finished filming the show’s eighth and final season by sharing a photograph of blood-stained white sneakers. A post shared by Maisie Williams (@maisie_williams) on Jul 7, 2018 at 4:53am PDT SEE ALSO: Of all the gross stuff on ‘Game of Thrones,’ this one scene was almost too much for Jaime Lannister “Goodbye belfast. goodbye arya. goodbye game of thrones. what a joy i’ve had. here’s to the…

It's a 'Game of Thrones' wedding!Image: mashable composite: MARK MILAN/GC and IMAGES and Jane Barlow – PA Images via getty images Jon Snow and Ygritte finally tied the knot, everyone! And all your Game of Thrones faves were there to celebrate. On Saturday, Kit Harington and Rose Leslie — who fell in love after playing on-screen love interests — got married in Scotland, and yes, their co-stars attended looking very out of character. SEE ALSO: Shout-out to this fan who hid in the bushes to watch Rose Leslie marry Kit…

Hafr Jlus Bjrnsson as The Mountain in 'Game of Thrones.'Image: hbo He was already the strongest man in Westeros. Now he’s officially the strongest man on Earth. Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, known to Game of Thrones fans as Gregor Clegane, a.k.a. The Mountain, took first place at the annual World’s Strongest Man competition on Sunday. The 29-year-old Icelander finally won the title after coming in second or third place in the six previous years. SEE ALSO: This Idaho town is naming streets after ‘Game of Thrones’ characters THE WORLD’S STRONGEST MAN…

Lady Olenna's final moments were another example of how impressively circular 'Game of Thrones' can be.Image: hbo Dragon Con 2017 found the most savage grandma of all time: an 85-year-old woman dressed as The Queen of Thorns a.k.a. Lady Olenna Tyrell of Highgarden from Game of Thrones. We can all go home now; I’ve found the best #Cosplay at #dragoncon2017 A post shared by Dravyn🦇 (@xdigupherbones) on Sep 2, 2017 at 10:28am PDT She even rolled around the Atlanta, George convention in a wheelchair-turned Iron Throne with an “It was…

Folks, you shouldn’t lie on Instagram. It can backfire in ways you aren’t ready for. In this case, Instagram user Olivia Bowes got a picture with Game of Thrones actor Alfie Allen. She then proceeded to make fun of his character, Theon Greyjoy, in her caption. SEE ALSO: How ‘Game of Thrones’ created the epic wight scene in the season finale “Unlike Theon I grew some balls and asked for a photo,” she said. Funny enough, given that Theon was famously castrated in the show. But a lie, it turns…

"You can call me Bran"Image: HBO Warning: Contains spoilers for Game of Thrones. Proceed at your own risk. Okay, while many of us probably spent the closing moments of the Game of Thrones Season 7 finale thinking “GROSS, DANY IS JON’S AUNT” or “HOLY CRAP THE ICE DRAGON DESTROYED THE WALL,” those sneaky, sneaky writers slapped us in the face with a pretty big hint that there’s truth to the “Bran is also the Night King” theory. How anyone can spot these things when SERIOUSLY AN ICE DRAGON JUST HURLED…

Lena Headey and Kit Harington, smiling all the way to equal paydays at the Iron Bank.Image: Vera Anderson/WireImage The Iron Bank is equally generous to kings and queens. Game of Thrones principal cast members Kit Harington (Jon Snow) and Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister) are making exactly the same per-episode salaries and bonuses, and have been since at least the beginning of this season, according to leaked documents sent to Mashable that purport to be the actors’ contracts covering Seasons 7 and 8. SEE ALSO: The ‘Game of Thrones’ world must…